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Health

Immunotherapy against pollen allergy can help prevent asthma

Hamburg, Germany  - Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere - and with it, a time of...
» read full story April 13th, 2009 - 09:27
Walgreen To Provide Free Care For Unemployed

Walgreen To Provide Free Care For Unemployed

Walgreen Co., the nation’s largest drugstore chain, and its Take Care Health Systems...
» read full story April 01st, 2009 - 15:34
Study Finds Possible Way of Curing Peanut Allergy

Study Finds Possible Way of Curing Peanut Allergy

Scientists have very good news for people suffering from peanut allergies. A recent research showed...
» read full story March 16th, 2009 - 14:54
The Heavier You Snore, the More Calories You Burn - But It's Still an Unhealthy Habit

The Heavier You Snore, the More Calories You Burn - But It's Still an Unhealthy Habit

People who snore heavily are likely to burn far more calories than those who snore lightly, even...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 16:17
Childhood Allergies, Asthma Problems Require More Attention

Childhood Allergies, Asthma Problems Require More Attention

A report released last month by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has revealed that...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 14:20
Food Allergies among Children, a Concern Nowadays

Food Allergies among Children, a Concern Nowadays

It is important for parents to pay attention to the report “Living With Food Allergy” – “Food...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 15:08
Update: More US Children Suffer From Food Allergies - Study

Update: More US Children Suffer From Food Allergies - Study

Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that the number of...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 18:19
Biden’s Medical Records Released, He Is In Good Health

Biden’s Medical Records Released, He Is In Good Health

Democratic US vice president nominee Joe Biden appears to be in good health, according to...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 14:30
Personal Genome Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

Personal Genome Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the Harvard Medical School’s Personal Genome Project,...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 17:00
FDA Bans Importation of 28 Drugs from Indian Drugmaker

FDA Bans Importation of 28 Drugs from Indian Drugmaker

The Food and Drug Administration has banned the importation of 28 drugs made by giant Indian...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 19:42

Pollution to Blame for Asia's Growing Number of Sneezes

Hong Kong - It starts with a sneeze, a runny nose and a cough. You think it's a cold but when the...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 09:49
CVS Opens Doors of First MinuteClinic in Massachusetts

CVS Opens Doors of First MinuteClinic in Massachusetts

CVS Caremark Corp. has opened its first MinuteClinic in Medway, Massachusetts announcing at the...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 16:00
FDA Issues an Import Alert for 30 Generic Drugs Made by Ranbaxy

FDA Issues an Import Alert for 30 Generic Drugs Made by Ranbaxy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration barred Ranbaxy from importing more than 30 medicines made in...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 16:57
FDA Pushes Food Industry To Clarify Allergen Labels

FDA Pushes Food Industry To Clarify Allergen Labels

The Food and Drug Administration has stepped up to finally force food makers to use a standard...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 20:18
Cases Of Asthma And PTSD After 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Increase

Cases Of Asthma And PTSD After 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Increase

Cases of asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are rampant among people who experienced...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 13:21
More Asthma And PTSD Cases Among Sept. 11 Attacks Witnesses

More Asthma And PTSD Cases Among Sept. 11 Attacks Witnesses

Seven years after the terrorist attacks on the New York’s Twin Tours the health of hundreds of...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 14:45
Drug Ads Have No Real Effect On Consumers

Drug Ads Have No Real Effect On Consumers

US and Canadian researchers found out that, even though direct-to-consumer advertising of...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 22:53
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ad Campaigns May Be a Waste of Time, Money

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ad Campaigns May Be a Waste of Time, Money

The strategy of advertising directly to the final consumer of the product may not be the best way...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 17:46
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising Does Not Pay Off

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising Does Not Pay Off

A study published Tuesday in the online British Medical Journal revealed that DTC drug marketing...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 17:06
Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertising Less Effective Than Thought

Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertising Less Effective Than Thought

According to a new study, Direct-to-Consumer advertising has little effect on the sale of drugs. In...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 14:58
Drug Ads: Expensive and Ineffective, Canadian Research Shows

Drug Ads: Expensive and Ineffective, Canadian Research Shows

New U.S.-Canadian research shows that direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising’s effects on drug sales...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 13:30
Study: Stress Could Worsen Your Allergies

Study: Stress Could Worsen Your Allergies

The negative side effects of stress on the human body are already common knowledge beginning with...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 17:00
Few Sunscreens Offer Protection, Study Says

Few Sunscreens Offer Protection, Study Says

A study carried out by the environmental and advocacy group Environmental Working Group, found out...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 14:25
Most Sunscreen Products Are Inadequate

Most Sunscreen Products Are Inadequate

The Environmental Working Group has found out that four out of five brand-name sunscreens are not...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 17:26
FDA: Heartworm Drug ProHeart 6 To Return to US Market

FDA: Heartworm Drug ProHeart 6 To Return to US Market

ProHeart 6, a heartworm drug manufactured by Fort Dodge Animal Health, will be reintroduced to the...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 17:49
Food Allergy Guidelines Pushed for All US Schools

Food Allergy Guidelines Pushed for All US Schools

A mother and her daughter from Charleston are hoping that their efforts to enforce food allergy...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 17:20
McCain ‘enjoys excellent health’

McCain ‘enjoys excellent health’

After months of delay, Republican John McCain’s medical records were released on Friday answering...
» read full story May 26th, 2008 - 15:37
Stressed Moms May Give Birth to Asthmatic or Allergic Kids

Stressed Moms May Give Birth to Asthmatic or Allergic Kids

Women should avoid being stressed during pregnancy, as recent research warns that stress may raise...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 16:46
Tracheotomy Performed on Himself Saves Man’s Live

Tracheotomy Performed on Himself Saves Man’s Live

Facing the threat of death, a Nebraska man decided to no longer wait for the ambulance to come and...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 10:33
Lexington: Peanuts Farce Ends with Eight-Grader’s Arrest

Lexington: Peanuts Farce Ends with Eight-Grader’s Arrest

A Lexington, Kentucky eight-grader is facing felony charges after he put some crumbled peanut...
» read full story April 21st, 2008 - 14:04
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U.S.

First Dog, Bo, arrives at White House

Washington  - It was the campaign promise everyone was waiting to see fulfilled: Bo the First...
» read full story April 15th, 2009 - 09:22

Report: At last ... a first puppy for the Obamas

Washington - Sure, he's had a lot to deal with: The finance crisis, North Korea, the...
» read full story April 12th, 2009 - 19:12
President-elect Obama's busy new life

President-elect Obama's busy new life

Washington - If Barack Obama thought he'd get a break after the election, reality has proven...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 08:27
Sarah Palin’s Medical History Released

Sarah Palin’s Medical History Released

 Monday night, a letter from Sarah Palin’s doctor was made public, reading that the...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 18:23
Sarah Palin’s Health "Excellent", Shows Letter From Physician

Sarah Palin’s Health "Excellent", Shows Letter From Physician

Just hours before the long awaited Election Day, the McCain campaign made public a summary of...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 14:30
Allergy Cases Up 18% In US Kids

Allergy Cases Up 18% In US Kids

More kids in the US suffered from allergies in 2007, according to a report released Wednesday by...
» read full story October 25th, 2008 - 14:33
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Specials

Good News for Unemployed: Walgreens Offers Them Free Care

Good News for Unemployed: Walgreens Offers Them Free Care

Have you lost you job recently? If you’re among “yes” people, then you have one...
» read full story April 02nd, 2009 - 15:01
Simple Checklist Reduces Risk of Accidental Deaths in Surgery

Simple Checklist Reduces Risk of Accidental Deaths in Surgery

Wednesday, doctors reported that a simple checklist made out to confirm a patient’s name, the...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 16:21
The FDA Seizes Contaminated Heparin

The FDA Seizes Contaminated Heparin

The FDA took a pretty rare step on Thursday, seizing contaminated heparin from the drug...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 20:52
CDC’s Report Finds Food Allergies In US Kids Are On The Rise

CDC’s Report Finds Food Allergies In US Kids Are On The Rise

A new report released by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics shows that the number of...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 15:15
CDC: Food Allergies Up 18 Percent among US Kids

CDC: Food Allergies Up 18 Percent among US Kids

Food allergies continue to be on the rise among US kids according to a report released...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 12:05
The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects

The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects

Harvard Medical School genetics professor George Church, Harvard psychology professor Steven...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 14:30
Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data of 10 Volunteers Online

Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data of 10 Volunteers Online

Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 18:23
Harvard's Personal Genome Project Set To Begin Soon

Harvard's Personal Genome Project Set To Begin Soon

Harvard University’s Medical School is in preparations to begin a research called the Personal...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 16:14
Ayurvedic Medicines Sold Online Contain  High Levels of Toxic Metals

Ayurvedic Medicines Sold Online Contain High Levels of Toxic Metals

Ayurvedic medicines are frequently contaminated with lead, mercury and arsenic, a new study found....
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 13:32
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World

Biden Shares Medical Records with the World

Biden Shares Medical Records with the World

To avoid speculations upon his health, Democratic US vice president nominee Joe Biden on...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 15:00
PG Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

PG Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the Harvard Medical School’s Personal Genome Project,...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 11:33
EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming

EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming

Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that greenhouse gas emissions represented a...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 13:12
Dade City Teen Tainted Allergic Mother’s Food

Dade City Teen Tainted Allergic Mother’s Food

A 16-year-old Pasco High School student was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated domestic...
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 16:44
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People

Marie Faints, Qualifies for Next Week's Dancing

Marie Faints, Qualifies for Next Week's Dancing

Marie Osmond took everyone by surprise with her fainting spell on Monday night’s...
» read full story October 25th, 2007 - 11:40
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Science

Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online

Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online

Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 05:52
Food Allergies Boost the “Free-from” Food Markets

Food Allergies Boost the “Free-from” Food Markets

The 12 million people in the USA with food allergies together with the 2 million people who suffer...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 19:45
New York to be Swallowed by the Ocean

New York to be Swallowed by the Ocean

As the song goes, “it’s the end of the world as we know it…” but who is...
» read full story July 13th, 2007 - 14:48
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